CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials with the Ohio zoo where a gorilla was shot and killed when a 3-year-old got into its enclosure say they have improved the exhibit’s barrier. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the new barrier at the Cincinnati Zoo has mesh fencing from top to bottom and stands 42 inches high. That is 6 inches taller than the previous …

A Bowling Green State University professor and chair of the geography department shared the science behind climate change Monday in the fall session of adult classes through US Community Outreach.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Board of Education approved a number of personnel items during its October meeting Monday night.

Sheriff Mike Hetzel on Monday announced the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office has awarded $31,827.60 in federal traffic safety funding to the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office for fiscal year 2017.

A boil alert has been issued in the downtown Upper Sandusky area after a water main break in the neighborhood. All consumers affected by the water main break should have received a door hanging explaining the boil alert. As a precaution, state and local officials recommend that, until further notice, consumers vigorously boil, for one minute, any water for drinking, …

The Wyandot County Safe Communities Coalition is asking area motorists to be safe on the roadways this Halloween season.

HARPSTER — A committee from Harpster United Methodist Church distributed 60 sack lunches to farmers in the community last Tuesday as part of an outreach program to serve farmers.

MELMORE — Several groups and individuals were recognized Thursday when the Eden Town Hall was rededicated in conjunction with a concert by the Honey Creek Preservation Jazz Band.

Dozens of people took part in a reverent and reflective experience during a cemetery walk-through outside Old Mission Church on Saturday as re-enactors portrayed historical figures related to the last years of the Wyandot Indians’ time in Upper Sandusky.